Raven

Print

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Kentucky State Parks

"Raven," Plate 101 of John James Audubon's Birds of America, 1829: A print of a large raven perched on a tree branch. The bird has black feathers with a blue sheen. It faces to the viewer's left with its beak slightly open. The leaves on the branch are green and yellowish-brown, and within the leaves are several greenish-brown nuts. Behind the raven and branch, the background is solid white.
"Raven," Plate 101 of John James Audubon's Birds of America, 1829

A print of a large raven perched on a tree branch. The bird has black feathers with a blue sheen. It faces to the viewer's left with its beak slightly open. The leaves on the branch are green and yellowish-brown, and within the leaves are several greenish-brown nuts. Behind the raven and branch, the background is solid white.

Name/Title

Raven

Entry/Object ID

JJA.1938.305

Description

This is an original hand-colored aquatint engraving of the "Raven" from the Havell edition of John James Audubon's publication, The Birds of America (1827-1838). It is part number 21 and plate 101 of the print series. The image depicts a male raven perched on a branch of shag bark hickory. The bird has black feathers with a blue sheen. It faces to the viewer's left with its beak slightly open. Some of the leaves on the branch are dark and pale green while other leaves have turned yellowish-brown. Within the leaves are greenish-brown nuts with husks that are shown split open. The print is in a gilded frame with a white mat. The part number and plate number in the top marginalia are obscured by the mat inside the frame. In the upper left corner of the print, the part number says, "No. 21." In the upper right corner the plate number says, "PLATE CI." At the bottom of the print, the artist's credit at the lower left says, "Drawn from nature by J.J. Audubon F,R,S. F,L,S." The legend at the center bottom says, "Raven, / CORVUS CORAX, / Male. / Thick Shell-bark Hickory. Juglans laciniosa." The printer's credit at the bottom right says, "Engraved, printed & Coloured by R. Havell, Jun.r."

Artwork Details

Medium

Ink, Watercolor, Paper

Subject

Bird

Collection

Henderson County Historical Society Collection

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

John James Audubon, 1785-1851

Attribution

After

Role

Artist

Artist

Havell, Robert, Jr., 1793-1878

Role

Print Maker

Artist

Lehman, George

Attribution

After

Role

Artist

Date made

1829 - 1829

Time Period

19th Century

Place

Location

London, England

Edition

Havell Edition

Lexicon

Search Terms

Havell prints, Double Elephant Folio, Birds of America

Dimensions

Height

50-1/2 in

Width

37 in